---
title: Sleep
---

## Example

The following agent will use the `sleep` tool to pause execution for a given number of seconds.

```python cookbook/tools/sleep_tools.py
from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.tools.sleep import SleepTools

# Create an Agent with the Sleep tool
agent = Agent(tools=[SleepTools()], name="Sleep Agent")

# Example 1: Sleep for 2 seconds
agent.print_response("Sleep for 2 seconds")

# Example 2: Sleep for a longer duration
agent.print_response("Sleep for 5 seconds")
```

## Toolkit Params

| Parameter      | Type   | Default | Description                                |
| -------------- | ------ | ------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `enable_sleep` | `bool` | `True`  | Enables sleep functionality                |
| `all`          | `bool` | `False` | Enables all functionality when set to True |

## Toolkit Functions

| Function | Description                                        |
| -------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `sleep`  | Pauses execution for a specified number of seconds |

## Developer Resources

- View [Tools](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/blob/main/libs/agno/agno/tools/sleep.py)
- View [Cookbook](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/tree/main/cookbook/tools/sleep_tools.py)
